Failure to Produce
Definition
The Road Traffic Act 1988, section 164 and 165 makes it an offence if being the driver of a vehicle on a road or being a person whom a police constable reasonably believed has driven a vehicle when an accident occurred, owing to its presence on a road, or other public place fails on being so required by a constable to produce his/her driving licence, insurance and/or MOT certificate.
Penalty
RTA 1988 Section 164(8);
(8) In proceedings against any person for the offence of failing to produce
a licence and its counterpart it shall be a defence for him to show that—
- (a) within seven days after the production of his licence and its counterpart was required he produced them in person at a police station that was specified by him at the time their production was required, or
- (b) he produced them in person there as soon as was reasonably practicable, or
- (c) it was not reasonably practicable for him to produce them there before the day on which the proceedings were commenced